Dancing With The Echo

You said goodbye with a smile, like it didn’t weigh a thing

I packed my tears in a suitcase, danced through the sting

Your coat’s still on my chair, like you might walk back in

But I’ve been spinning solo, in a world that won’t begin

You haunt the quiet hours, the mirror’s soft reply

But sugar, if you missed me, you’d be knocking, not just sly

Now I’m dancing with the echo, in heels too high to feel

Laughing with the silence, pretending it’s all real

The record skips on your name, in that old swing-time refrain

And I’m swirling through the sorrow, like love’s a sweet champagne

Took the long way through the city, let the lights call me home

Met a man who played piano, said I shouldn’t be alone

He wore your kind of cologne, had your stubborn little grin

But when he asked for my number, I just blew a kiss to the wind

I toast to broken maybes, in smoky candlelight

But darling, if you meant it, you'd have fought the fading night

Now I’m dancing with the echo, in heels too high to feel

Laughing with the silence, pretending it’s all real

The record skips on your name, in that old swing-time refrain

And I’m swirling through the sorrow, like love’s a sweet champagne

Trumpets cry where your voice once stayed

Your ghost and I, we’ve learned to sway

Even shadows know when not to stay

But I’ll keep dancing anyway

Still dancing with the echo, twirling lies into charm

Waltzing with the heartache, in another lover’s arms

The spotlight’s on my lonely, but I bow like I’m okay

And toast to all your maybes, as the swing band plays away